Into The Stretch

Currently listening to: One of Our Submarines - Thomas Dolby
Current reading: Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)

It's that time again.

We perform the above-mentioned play next week. Over the next 11 days, I have one evening free... that's it. My days will start at 6:00 a.m. and conclude somewhere around 11:00 p.m. (or later). Tired much? But I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love acting, I love theatre and this time of year would just feel odd if I weren't running about madly from work to rehearsal, grabbing "meals" and a few hours sleep here and there!

It probably goes without saying that I don't have much to say beyond that because my life consists of very little beyond that right now. I just have some random thoughts:

I love this song by Thomas Dolby. To me it exemplifies the best of 80's music - haunting, very "atmospheric", a little quirky, dealing with subject matter that one doesn't usually hear much about in typical pop songs. And why am I listening to it at this particular moment? Just a whim...

My last posting was on November 11th and I so wanted to talk about my aunt that I neglected to mention Remembrance Day. I was fortunate to have the day off so I went to the ceremony at the cenotaph. Three of my uncles and one of my grandfathers were/are veterans. My grandfather fought in WWI, two uncles in WWII and one in the Korean War. I was glad to be able to take the time to remember and be grateful for them. As we stood there in the minute of silence, the boom of "cannon fire" echoed around us; a couple of kilometres away at the legislative building, they were firing off a 21-gun-salute. It made me wonder how loud it must have been on the battlefield with dozens (hundreds?) of these gigantic guns going off and how terrifying to be standing there, knowing that some shell fired from a distance is about to come down somewhere around you. I really can't conceive of it. And the reason I can't is because I've never had to... because of what they did. I hope Canadians never forget that. I will do my part to remember.

Time for getting some sleep, if I can. The trouble with doing a play is that by the end of the day, I'm wired... but that's precisely when I should be trying to get some sleep! Oh well... did I mention I love this?

Taking a deep breath before the plunge in Dave's World,
DW